1 6 Miracles Ahead! 



the size and shape of the rooms to provide extra space or tem- 

 porary sleeping quarters for an overnight guest. As Mr. 

 Teague prophesies, "Your home of the future will probably 

 look far less like your neighbor's than the one you live in 



now." 



The Circular House 



Henry Kaiser, the West-coast shipbuilder who broke all 

 records by using prefabricated parts and assembly-line meth- 

 ods in his shipyards, has announced his intention to enter the 

 prefabricated-housing industry when the war is over. Kaiser 

 has retained the services of R. Buckminster Fuller, who has 

 designed probably the most startling home of the future. 



Here is Fuller's description of this home: 



"Suppose you have bought or rented a building lot and 

 have ordered one of these homes. The next morning a truck 

 arrives and workmen begin unloading a lot of strange metal 

 sheets and parts. Many of them look like giant flower petals. 

 Others are large curved panels of corrugated metal. You no- 

 tice flooring sections, bathroom and kitchen appliances, and a 

 very small heating plant. And you see a structural steel con- 

 trivance that looks like a tall mast. It is, and it is used to sup- 

 port the house while it is being erected. For this house is built 

 from the top down, and laying the foundation is one of the 

 last things to be done! 



"The mast is placed at the exact center of your house-to- 

 be, and is anchored with guy wires so that it is firm as a rock. 

 This takes only a few minutes. On the ground surrounding 

 the mast, the petal-shaped metal sections are bolted together 

 to form a round, domed roof with a hole in the center through 

 which the mast projects. The completed roof is hoisted up 

 the mast a few feet by a one-man winch, and curved wall 

 panels are bolted on so that they hang from the roof. This 



